Port of Call

It's no less schematic than it sounds, but solid performances and straightforward handling make Bergman's fourth feature the most fully achieved, though hardly most characteristic, of his fledgling film career to that point.

Sometimes the tone is a bit hieratic. At best, it is a lukewarm romantic drama from the Swedish director. [Full review in Spanish]

Berit is the first really terrifically interesting character in Ingmar Bergman's cinema, and Nine-Christine Jönsson is giving the first truly surprising performance.

A film full of stylish grimaces and embryonic Bergmanisms, for stout-hearted students in search, of something besides entertainment.